Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

New York: Kodansha International, (1991). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 400 pp. Original quarter black cloth under magenta paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($21.95) dust-jacket. Trivial edge wear, shelf and handling wear. Trace toning to edges. Three scuffs to spine at rear panel. Protected in archival mylar. Book is moderately tight and square. Light shelf and handling wear. Interior clean and unmarked. A few bumps to panel edges and corners. Tiny pen mark to front panel.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“A strange and dreamlike novel, its chapters alternate between two narratives—"Hard-Boiled Wonderland" (the cyberpunk, science fiction part) and "The End of the World" (the surreal, virtual fantasy part). Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was awarded the Tanizaki Prize in 1985. The End of the World narrative was one of the inspirations for Yoshitoshi Abe's Haibane Renmei, originally produced as a manga and later adapted as an anime series.”